Councillors have refused to grant planning permission for a block of flats on the site of a former dairy at Stanford-le-Hope because they say it would add to the town's horrific parking problems.
Developers have applied to build 15 two-bedroom flats on the corner of Southend Road, and Fetherston Road, on the fringes of Stanford town centre.
But the plans allowed for only 20 car parking spaces - six spaces short of the council's standard for this size of development.
Current Government advice about parking spaces is that when a development site has good transport links, is on a bus route or close to a railway station, parking standards can be relaxed.
Because of this Thurrock Council's planning department recommended approval for the application.
The council's development control committee, however, has refused to go along with the department's advice and has asked officers to think again and come back with another recommendation.
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Published Monday December 17, 2001
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